Thanksgiving Quote

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness. ~Robert Casper Lintner

Find Us Faithful

We're pilgrims on the journey
Of the narrow road
And those who've gone before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace

Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
Let us run the race not only for the prize
But as those who've gone before us
Let us leave to those behind us
The heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives

CHORUS:
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey

Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful

After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone
And our children sift through all we've left behind
May the clues that they discover and the memories they uncover
Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find

REPEAT CHORUS
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful

~Steve Green

Gaither Vocal Band - Find Us Faithful

Recycled Sweater Pumpkin

This is my inspiration photo of some knitted pumpkins. Since I don't know how to knitt I used the photo to give me a idea of how to use old sweaters to make some cute little pumpkins. I used free sweaters and supplies I had at home.

Supplies:

Orange Sweater

Green Sweater

Embroidery Thread

Green Felt

Fiber Fill

Brown Buttons

Twine

Tacky Glue

Craft Stick

Cut the arms off the orange sweater and use a plate to cut out a circle of fabric.

Cut a strip for the stem.

Sew around the circle and then pull the thread to form the ball of the pumpkin. Put fiber fill into the pumpkin. Sew the green fabric along the edges. Poke the green stem into the top hole of the pumpkin. Cut out a leaf shape from felt and glue it to the front of the pumpkin. Make a bow with twine and glue on top of the leaf. Glue a button on top of the bow.

Cloverleaf Rolls

2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water

1 1/2 cups warm milk

1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup shortening
2 teaspoons salt
5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Beat in milk, sugar, egg, shortening and salt and 2 cups of flour until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down. Roll into 90 balls; place three balls each in greased muffin cups. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks.

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Butters

Homemade Butter

1 clean quart canning jar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/8 teaspoon salt
herbs (optional)

Add heavy cream to the jar and put the lid on. Cover the top with a cloth to keep from leaking. Shake the jar until the butter forms which takes about 20 minutes. Add the salt or herbs when most of the shaking is done. You'll know when it's almost a whipped consistency. After draining excess buttermilk off of the butter, rinse the butter in cold water.


Honey Butter

1 stick butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup honey

Mix together until smooth. Store covered in the refrigerator. Makes 1 cup.


Pecan Butter

2 cups finely chopped pecans
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar

Mix together until smooth. Store covered in the refrigerator. Makes 2 cups.


Submitted to:
Life as Mom

Buttery Rolls

1 cup of warm milk

½ cup butter or margarine softened

¼ cup sugar

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp salt

4 cups bread flour

2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast

In bread machine pan, put in all ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer and select dough setting. When cycle is complete, turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into 24 portions and shape into balls. Place in a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan and then cover and let rise in a warm place for 15 minutes. Bake at 375 for 13-16 minutes or until golden brown.